Mom taught us the benefits of gardening and preparing our own meals.
Your mom and mine are the same. I grew up learning farm work. There is practically nothing in farming that I cannot do and it's helping me now. I have a small garden where I do plant some crops and harvesting them do help me save some money.
And since an incident where I had a series of excruciating stomach bites and what have you, I realized that it isn’t just worth it. No advantages whatsoever, or at least the cons far outweigh the pros of eating out.
I guess we have something in common. I rarely eat out because most of the times I do, I have stomach upset and the rest so I prepare my meals and even go to work with my lunch.
It saves me from spending money for hospital bills.